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  • Bibliography:
    42 Books (8 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2006
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Cat Royal Adventures

1 - The Diamond of Drury Lane (Jan-2006)
2 - Cat Among the Pigeons (Aug-2006)
3 - Den of Thieves (Jan-2007)
4 - Cat O'Nine Tails (Aug-2007)
5 - Black Heart of Jamaica (Feb-2008)
6 - Cat's Cradle (Feb-2009)
7 - The Middle Passage (Jul-2012)

The Companions Quartet

1 - Secret of the Sirens (Feb-2006)
2 - The Gorgon's Gaze (Sep-2006)
3 - Mines of the Minotaur (Jan-2007)
4 - The Chimera's Curse (Sep-2007)

Darcie Lock: Girl on the Run

1 - Ringmaster (May-2007)
2 - Empty Quarter (Jul-2008)
3 - Deadlock (Nov-2011)

Dragonfly and The Glass Swallow

1 - Dragonfly (May-2008)
2 - The Glass Swallow (Oct-2011)

Jane Austen Investigates

1 - The Abbey Mystery (Apr-2021)

Mel Foster

1 - Mel Foster and the Demon Butler (Jul-2015)
2 - Mel Foster and the Time Machine (Feb-2017)

Universal Companions

1 - Water Thief (Nov-2011)

Young Knights Trilogy

1 - Young Knights of the Round Table (Apr-2013)
2 - Pendragon (Oct-2013)
3 - Merlin (Apr-2014)

Book List in Order: 42 titles



  • Reader, you are set to embark on an adventure about one hidden treasure, two bare-knuckle boxers, three enemies, and four hundred and thirty-eight rioters. It is told by an ignorant and prejudiced author--me. She's Cat Royal, four foot four with lon...



  • HIDDEN IN OUR WORLD ARE EXTRAORDINARY CREATURES -- AND THE DANGERS THAT COULD DESTROY THEM FOREVER. When Connie Lionheart is sent to live with her eccentric aunt by the sea, she's not expecting anything great -- not to make friends with Col, the coo...



  • MYSTERY, DISGUISES, AND A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.

    Welcome back to the seedy underbelly of London, in 1790. Cat Royal and her friends at the Theater Royal are getting ready for their next performance. But the star of the show may not make it to op...



  • THE GORGON'S GAZE is the second book in The Companions Quartet by Nestle Prize-winning author Julia Golding. Connie Lionheart's great-aunt and uncle try to take her away from the reach of the Society for the Protection of Mythical Creatures. What the...



  • Vive la Revolution In Cat Royal's third thrilling adventure, the Theater Royal is closed for renovations. Cat's friends plan to spend the summer in France, leaving her homeless and alone. But Mr. Sheridan, the theater owner and Cat's guardian, com...



  • "The clock continued to tick calmly in the hall, out of step with the stormy sea of panic surging inside Connie. She could make no sense of this. How had she ended up on the beach? She felt a hum in her bones as if she had been meeting with some p...



  • When David Jones finds himself aboard a pirate ship, he knows it must be a dream. Except that he’s awake. And the ‘dream’ is more like a nightmare.Before he can take it all in, David is swept up in the adventure of a lifetime: volunteered to ac...



  • In the heart of Africa trouble is brewing. A chain of events throw one young girl into a world of espionage and danger. One thing's for sure. Life will never be the same again for Darcie Lock. When her father mysteriously goes missing, Darcie sets of...



  • Cat is finally living a life of luxury--and so bored she's going out of her mind. But then she and her friends are kidnapped and forced to work on a ship bound for the New World. With a mystery to solve and survival at stake, Cat must use her wits...






  • It's a long hot summer. Temperatures are soaring and a strange creature has been spotted on Dartmoor. Connie Lionheart and her friends soon discover that the creature is a chimera. When it attacks Connie, leaving her gravely wounded, Col and Rat must...



  • Following the multi award-winning "The Diamond of Drury Lane", here we present the fifth volume from our famous feisty heroine "Cat Royal... Black Heart of Jamaica". In which the indomitable Cat Royal turns pirate, undertakes a Caribbean Cruise and g...



  • Princess Taoshira of the Blue Crescent Islands is appalled when she is ordered to marry Prince Ramil of Gerfal in order to unite their lands. And he''s not too pleased, either. They hate each other on sight. So, when Tashi and Ramil are kidnapped,...



  • What if the right man for the job is actually a girl? Meet MI6's new recruit. Stuck aboard a cruise ship filled with problem rich kids, Darcie Lock is about to embark on her next exciting adventure. But it could turn out to be a bumpy ride because th...



  • Following the multi award-winning "The Diamond of Drury Lane", here we present the sixth volume from our famous feisty heroine Cat Royal..."Cat's Cradle".In which Cat Royal spins a tale about the search for her family, weaving in friends and foes, ol...



  • Freydis has been left for dead following a raid by pirates on her father's Viking stronghold. Her brother has been kidnapped-and Freydis's father is hell-bent on revenge. But this is a volatile man who loathes his daughter and is driven by love of hi...



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    These exciting new TreeTops Myths and Legends are guaranteed to appeal to all your junior readers - whatever their cultural background, gender or enthusiasms. These are the oldest and most enduring stories in the world, retold by leading contemporary...



  • Freydis has been left for dead following a raid on her father’s stronghold Her brother has been taken prisoner. Her father, a Viking leader, is bent on revenge and takes her on his quest, giving her Enno -- a most unusual slave -- to protect her. A...



  • Rain has a secret -- one that risks her whole world if it comes out. She designs exquisite stained glass for the windows of her city. But the law is clear: it is forbidden for girls to be part of the glassmakers’ guild. To keep her secret hidden, R...



  • Third in the Darcie Lock series. What if the right man for the job is actually a girl? Darcie Lock is facing her toughest mission yet. Forced to take refuge in a castle on the Cornish coast, she lands in the middle of a UN peace conference that is ab...






  • Meet George - the youngest Universal Companion - and his best friend, Malvin, the rudest goblin on Earth. The world is spinning into environmental disaster and the Society for the Protection of Mythical Creatures has shaken off years of inaction and ...



  • I am Cat Royal â€" Orphan, Adventurer, Actress . . . Meet the feistiest heroine in children’s historical fiction.

    Summer 1792. Our favourite adventurer, Cat Royal, is sailing home from the Caribbean in the company of Billy Shepherd. They s...



  • Snatched from their cradles by faerie thieves, Rick, Roxy, and Tiago have been brainwashed to hate humans and trained in the art of magical warfare. When Avalon is attacked by an unseen enemy, the Fey send them to Earth to investigate a rumour that t...



  • Can the young knights save the human world? King Oberon, the ruler of Avalon, is on the warpath and will stop at nothing in his quest to enslave the entire human race. Rick and Roxy must escape back to Earth to rescue the only man alive who can he...



  • Hundreds of acts are desperate to perform on the Star Makers TV show, but Anji and Leo's band is too cool for that. Or is it? A bargain with their Mum means they have to take part, so they plan to sabotage the audition....



  • The battle for Earth starts here.… The Young Knights have travelled to San Francisco to track down Merlin -- the only wizard powerful enough to help them create a new magical Round Table. But Merlin is determined to remain incognito, and has reinve...



  • Cabin boy Mel Foster has always been told that he'd come to a bad end - he just never thought it would be as a meal for a giantess from the Arctic wastes! But as Mel is about to find out, looking monstrous doesn't make you a monster. Eve Frankenstein...



  • How do you catch an international treasure thief who can travel in time? That’s the fiendish challenge that faces Mel Foster, Eve Frankenstein, and their friends when priceless items begin vanishing all over the world. The Mona Lisa, Queen Victoria...



  • A lively retelling of the classic Greek legend, which tells Pandora’s tale of temptation. As she embarks life on Earth, she needs to follow just one last rule. She mustn’t, under any circumstance, open the box she’s been given. Can she do it, a...



  • Join Harriet, Darwin's pet tortoise, and Milton, Schrodinger's indecisive cat on a time-travelling quest of discovery, unravelling scientific exploration and religious beliefs and how they fit together. Throughout the centuries humans have been looki...






  • Join Harriet, Darwin's pet tortoise, and Milton, Schrodinger's indecisive cat on a time-travelling quest of discovery, unravelling scientific exploration and religious beliefs and how they fit together. Throughout the centuries humans have been looki...



  • 'In a strange, vast and wonderfully imagined museum, an apprentice sculptor and student scientist must solve a murder. Julia Golding has written a gripping helter-skelter story that will keep you guessing and start you thinking.' - Roger Wagner, arti...



  • 'Too often science and faith are pitted against each other. This book breaks down that split in a creative and engaging way. It shows the scope of science in our lives and how the study of science and the study of God feed and magnify each other.' Ju...



  • 'Here is a wonderful and wittily written introduction to science as the art of asking open questions and not jumping to conclusions. It's also an amusing excursion through evolution and anthropology which packs in a lot of learning with the lightest ...



  • 'Here is a wonderful and wittily written introduction to science as the art of asking open questions and not jumping to conclusions. It's also an amusing excursion through evolution and anthropology which packs in a lot of learning with the lightest ...



  • "Here is a wonderful and wittily written introduction to science as the art of asking open questions and not jumping to conclusions. It's also an amusing excursion through evolution and anthropology which packs in a lot of learning with the lightest ...



  • Join Harriet, Darwin's pet tortoise, and Milton, Schrodinger's indecisive cat on a time-travelling quest of discovery, unravelling scientific exploration and religious beliefs and how they fit together. Throughout the centuries humans have been looki...



  • Join Harriet, Darwin's pet tortoise, and Milton, Schrodinger's indecisive cat on a time-travelling quest of discovery, unravelling scientific exploration and religious beliefs and how they fit together. Throughout the centuries humans have been looki...



  • 'A Little Princess â€" with tigers! O rphan and outcast Sahira Clive is a brave and plucky heroine with a brightly burning heart. I was rooting for her all the way to the end of this thrilling â€" and thought-provoking â€" adventure.' Ally Sherr...



  • 'Julia Golding’s Jane Austen Investigates offers a gripping detective story with an abundance of Easter eggs for Austen fans... This is a delightful riff on the wit and irony of Austen’s works; of her wonderful juvenilia, especially.' David Taylo...






  • ‘A real treat for bookworms.’ â€" Lucy Strange, children’s author of The Ghost of GosswaterJoin young, budding detective Jane Austen in her second investigation to uncover a devious diamond thief at the glitziest, most scandalous ball of the ye...



  • ECPA award winner 2023 - Best fiction coverSet in the early industrial revolution and the great canal building age, a young Jane Austen takes on the role of detective as she seeks to solve the mysterious events at the Oxford canal terminus.Nearing co...



  • Bridgerton meets The Da Vinci Code in the most page-turning book you will read in 2024!You don’t dabble in satanism. You sell your soul to the devil or not at all.1812Deep below the hills of the Buckinghamshire countryside, the infamous Hellfire Ca...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Julia Golding has published 42 books.

The next book by Julia Golding, The Persephone Code, will be published in May 2024.

The first book by Julia Golding, The Diamond of Drury Lane, was published in January 2006.

Yes. Julia Golding has 8 series.